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THE SUMTEH WATCHMAN. Esia CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 amemcahaTI warned kemal1 repeatedly] -, The United States,! Says Secretary] Hughes, Will De fend Christian) Rights in Near Eastj X.owell. Mass., Oct. 30.?Secre-! tary of State Hughes, in a letter j to Chairman John Jacob Rogers of j this city, made public tonight, am- j plified recent statements by his de-, partment as to the government's j attitude toward the situation ofj the Christian minorities in Turkey, j The letter dated October 27, was j in reply to one from Representa-1 tive Rogers on this subject. "This government, the secretary} wrote, has taken such action as in j the rapidly shifting circumstances .has been appropriate or feasible, both in aid of the Christian mi norities and to make clear to the Turkish authorities the strong; feeling of the people of this coun try in regard to acts of cruelty and oppression." After referring to an announce ment by his department on July 27, that the government had agreed to a proposal for an inves tigation by a neutral commission of conditions in Anatolia, he con tinued: "I may go further and tell you what has not hitherto been an nounced, namely that this govern ment agreed to place at the dis posal of the international Red Cross fts quota of the sum which had been indicated as necessary toj meet the expenses of the" proposed? commission. But circumstances for j which the United States is no way j responsible have postponed the j constitution of the commission un- j. til the situation has \o. change3 that the immediate carrying out of the "proposed investigation is ren- j dered difficult. Nevertheless 1 j consider myself not unjustified in.f adding that our action had the use ful effect of once more making} known the American point of view with respect to events in Turkey." He pointed out "that Admiral; Bristol, American high command er at Constantinople during the last year and a half, had repeated ly protested "in the most .vigorous terms, ;both orally and in writing" to Mustapha Kemdl Pasha and to those acting in his name, "against > acts threatened or put into; effect by the Turks." Since the - Kemaiist troops had en tered Smyrna, he added, the high commissioner had been instructed "to lose no opportunity of voicing American sentiment by impress-, ing upon Kemal Pasha the neces sity of adequate protection of the Christian minorities and abstention from cruel acts of reprisal, any: failure in respect to which would arouse the strongest feeling of con demnation in this country." After mentioning American riid in relief activities after the occuoa lion of Smyrna, Secretary Hughes, continued: "Your letter gives me the ocvt-! sion to express the opinion that thus government can not be justly charg ed with having failed to interpret the sentiments of the American people or to take action appro priate to the circumstances. I, am not unaware that certain of cur citizens would have preferred a more aggressive attitude but it has been felt that a provocative atti tude would be unfitting unless that counrty were prepared for deeds 5n keeping with its word, or to take upon itself the determination of problems which for generations has vexed the old world."* In conclusion he summed up the government's attitude by the fol lowing quotation from a recent let ter to the Rev. Niles Carpenter of ?Boston: "I conceive it to be the duty of this country to continue to safe guard American lives and inter ests, to give succor to the desti tute and oppressed and to exert our influence in the interest of people against cruelty and brutal ity and for the proper protection of minorities. "We shall not withhold any practicable measures of mercy! or threaten where we do not in-; tend to execute." TOURIST DIES ; IN COLUMBIA! Michigan Man Was Victim of. Grade Crossing Columbia. Oct. 31.?The re-! mains of Henry F. Kluttz, Benton j Harbor, Mich., tourist, who died j from injuries received in a collis ion between his automobile and a } train on the Columbia-Augusta line of the Southern Railway Saturday i morning, near Monetta, in Saluda' county, were shipped back to Michigan from here today. Mr. Kluttz died in a Columbia hospital. ;jfter an operation" had been per formed. His skull was fractured. Several members of the Klutz fam- ! ily suffered bruises. The family was traveling from Florida, where they had been for several weeks. We can't decide if it is better to' he as wise as an owl by staying out all night or happy as a lark by get ting up at daylight. Wished April, 1850. 881. _ MRTc?N policy IN NEAR EAST Secretary Hughes Outlines Attitude of United States i n Reference to Near Eastern Peace Con ference Paris, Oct. 30 (By the Associated Press).?The attitude of the Amer ican government as regards the peace conference at Lausanne for( the settlement of Xear Eastern questions was communicated to Premier Poincare this evening byj the American ambassador, Myron j T. Herrick. The substance of this communication, which was made public this evening, indicates that | the United States is desirous of sending observers to the propos-: ed conference for the purpose of safeguarding certain rights such as protection of philanthropic educa tion and religious institutions, free dom of opportunity, protection of minorities,, freedom of the straits and archaeological research and stud>\ After pointing out that the prin-! cipal purpose of the proposed con- j ference will be the drawing up j of a treaty of peace with Turkey] and dealng with problems resulting from the state of belligerency be-j tween the allied powers, Turkey j and Greece, the communication] says: I ? 'The United States does not de-j sire to participate in the final peace ! negotiations or assume responsi bility for the political and terri torial adjustments which may be affected, for the reason that it is neither at war with Turkey norj party to the armistice of 1918. The United States government, how-J ever .does not- desire to leave the j inrprsesion that United States in terests are less entitled to consid eration than those of any other power, neither is it desirous of re linquishing rights enjoyed in com mon with other powers nor is it. unconcerned with the humanitar ian interests involved.' Amori&r ' the" points' to be' taken into consideration are: First. The. protection under pro per'guarantees of philanthropic, educational and religious' institu tions:'; . : Sec'ond. Appropriate undertak ings' as regards freedom of oppbr-; tunity without discrimination orj special/ privileges for commercial purposes. Third. Suitable provisions'for the protection of minorities. Fourth.* Assurances touching the freedom of the straits. Fifth." Reasonable opportunity for archaeological research and study. The above summary, though not exhaustive, may serve to indicate the general nature of American in terest. The United States is prepared to send observers to proposed .con ference if this action is agree able to the powers concern ed, for the purpose of safe guarding interest such as the above and to facilitate the exchange of views. "The United States, while it de sire* to protect its rights and as sure a policy of the open door, has no intention of seeking for itself or its nationals a position of special j privilege. It further desires to assure the protection of Ameri cans who wish to continue relief, educational or other humanitar ian work, which has been carried! on in the Near East for genera- j tions and which under present con ditions would appear to be more essential than ever.' The joint invitation from the British, French and Italian govern ments, to which the foregoing is a reply, was handed to the secretary of state October 28, by the repre sentatives of those governments. It j wa3 said the invitation was being! sent to Japan, Rumania, Jugoslavia, Greece and Turkey for a confer-j ence at Lausanne, November 13, to conclude a treaty of peace and end ' the war in the Near East. The Russian and Bulgarian govern-! m'ents also were invited, on a date to be fixed later, to participate in a discussion which the conference would undertake during its pro ceedings on the subject of ?he straits. *The principal allied powers," continues the American communi cation, "recall that a representa tive of the United States was pres ent at San Remo in the final stages of the proceedings of the supreme council- which led to the drafting of the treaty of Sevres in 1920, and that they would welcome the pres ence of a representative of the United States at Lausanne in " a similar capacity or in a more ac tive capacity, especially in the dis cussion of the straits." Cleveland. Oct. 31.?The identi fication of the mud-crusted re volver found last night at the marshy grave, near Plainsville, in which the rnutiliated body of Mrs. Hazel Burns was found recently, as the gun owned by Burns, was made from photography by Mrs. Michael DaMato. a friend of the dead wo man, and the finding of a blood stained raincoat near the scene were the developments in the mur der mystery today. "Be Just and Fear 3 LEADER j OF FASCISTI j IN POWER _ ! Benito Mussolini Be-j comes Premier andj Minister of the In terior and Foreign Affairs of Italy Rome, Oct. 30 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Benito Mussolini the Fascisti leader, who trium phantly entered Rome today, has undertaken the government of the country with men of his own se lection. He came to Rome on the invitation of the king, with whom i he had a long audience, after j which he named his ministers. The new Italian cabinet of Beni to Mussolini was announced this evening as follows: Premier, minister of the interior and foreign affairs,- Benito Mus-j solini. j Minister of wa.\ Gen. Armando' Diaz. Minister of marine, Vice Admir- j al Thaon di Revel. Minister of the -treasury. Prof. I Luigi Einaudi (Nationalist). Minister of industry, Theophile Rossi (Nationalist). Minister of finance, Signor de i Stefani (Fascisti). Minister of colonies, L?igi; Federzoni (Nationalist). Minister of liberated regions, \ Signor Giuriati (Fascisti). Ministre of justice, Aldo Oviglio (Fascisti). Minister of education, Signor Gentilo (Democrat). Minister of agriculture, Luigi Capitanio (Fascisti). Minister of public works, Signor Carnazza (Nationalist). Minister of posts and tele- j graphs, Signor di Cesara (Nation alist), j Minister of social welfare, Ste fano Canvazzohi (Catholic). j Prior to the ^selection of his cabinet and directly after his in terview with King Victor Emanuel, ! Mussolini, . addressing < the great crowd from the balcony of a ho-| -tel, declared with great empha sis: ' ? ? .v j " "We have'not accepted the form of ministry, but'have accepted the form of government." He laid great stress on the word "government," at which the crowds.' cheered, "and," he added, "Italy will' have a government from now^ on ~ ' ? - ? ' " v C r>J Mussolini then called upon the crowd to acclaim: " ; 1 "Long live the king. Long live Italy! Long lire the Facisti!" j The fact that the former revolu- j tionist, now Italy's premier, plac ed the king first was commented upon and cheered by the multitude. Wearing a black shirt and show- j ing traces of his long journey by j train and automobile Mussolini i presented himself this morning! before the king, who greeted him i warmly. The square in front ofl the quirinal was filled to overflow ing and Fascisti and regulars joined! in keeping order. His departure from the palace was the- occasion' for another enthusiastic demon- j onstration, the crowds falling in be- j hind his automobile and marching! to the Hotel Savoia, where the Fascisti were in full charge, no regulars being visible. All Rome awoke early and pro ceeded calmly to the various gates' through which the Fascisti were expected to enter the city but on learning that their formal entry had been postponed, the citizens returned and congregated in the va rious, squares, buying the morning papers which had ignored the law forbidding publication on Monday, morning. There was much specu lation on the probable formation of the new cabinet while awaiting the arrival of the leader. The Fascisti appear to be the only political party remaining in Rome. If any Communists are left they are keeping closely under cov er, while the other parties refrain from showing their feelings. The Fascisti outside the city are anx ious to encer as they have been suffering greatly because of the heavy rains. Mussolini and his staff have discussed the time of their entry, which will probably be comorrow morning. The General Federation of La bor has issued a warning to all workers to disregard the appeal for a general strike issued by thej Communist trades union commit-' tee. The confederation advises! the workers to remain calm and I patient. j Rome. Oct. 31.?The Fascisti; high command has ordered demob ilization of the Fascisti troops in j Rome and they will leave after a j patriotic demonstration tonight. (The situation is regarded as nor i mal again. [ Constantinople, 0?t. 31.?The abdication of the sultan is tempor arily out* of the Question under the j truce with the nationalists where by his status is held in abeyance ! pending the conclusion of the Near [East pea^e conference, according to [the chief of staff of tbe national I ist governor of Thrace. McAlester, Okla., Oct. 31.?Hall Stpphenson, a miner was killed in an explosion at the McAlester-Ed wards company mine at Pittsburgh near here yesterday. mm Sot?Jjtst all the ends Tbou Aims't a Sumter, S. C., Saturda DECLINESI TO ! TAKE PART I IN MEETING I _ ' j America Sends For-' mal Reply to Allies j on Peace Confer ence -.?? i Washington, Oct. 31 (By the As-; sociated Press).?The Americau, 'government in notes delivereo^fefA' iday to .the British. French,.-/^HE; I Italian 'embassies here, formati^ I declined to participate in the Ne?aS {East peace conference, scheduled^ I to be held in Lausanne, Switzer land, next month. Later the state department made public this gov-j iernment's position on the confer ence as outlined in the "aide me moire." which was transmitted [ yesterday to the three govern ments concerned through . the I American embassies at London I Paris and Rome. i Reference to the "aide memoire" (was made in the formal reply to j the- allied notes inviting participa-! [tion but which were not received I by the state department until after j the "aide memoire," carrying in-' structions regarding the American view, had been dispatched to the i American representati/cs in the I three foreign capi:als. The forma! replies, like the formal invi-, tations, were directly worded land explained that the United) States would ssnd only o* servers' to the Lausanne meeting, and add led, that that con:*er?*nee was pri marily a peace conf^vi^ce to. end a war in which the United States was not a belligerent. The text of the "aide memoire", upon which the formal replies were ! based, as fully satarg forth the j American attitude, follows: ' "The conference proposed for [the purpose of drawing up a treaty of peace with Turkey will have pri- j j marily to deal with the problem, re sulting from the state of belliger ency betweeh the allied powers, I Turkey and Greece. The United! States was neither at war with I ; Turkey nor a party to the armis-' tice of 1918 and does not desire j j" to participate in the final peace negotiations or to -assume- Respon sibility for the political and terri-i I torial- adjustments which may be effected. I ;"While' maintaining this " reserve! fn regard, to certain phases of the J ? Near East "settlement the govern-] !ment of the: United States does not desire to'leaVe the impression jthat* it regards' its interests as less /entitled' to consideration than those I of any other power, or that "'it ' is ] \ dispo'sed to relinquish rights en joyed in common with other pow-j ers, or proper commercial oppor- j tunity, or that it is unconcernedi with the humanitarian interests in-J volved. "For the purpose of clarity cer-; tain subjects of particular Ameri can concern may be briefly sum-, marized. j "(1.) The maintenance of capitu-' lafons which may be essential to the appropriate safeguarding the , non-Moslem interests. S "(2) The protection, under I proper guarantees, of philan-' ! thropic, educational and religious i institutions. j t Appropriate undertakings j ! in regard to the freedom of oppor- ' tunity with discrimination or spe-: cial privilege, for commercal en- j ter.prises. J "(4) Indemnity, for losses suf fered by Americans in Turkey, as a' result of arbitrary apd illegal acts. J "(C) Assurances touching the freedom of the straits. j "(7) Reasonable opportunity for; archaeological research and study. "This brief summary, "while not exhaustive, may serve to indicate the general nature of American in terest. To safeguard such inter- j ests and to facilities the exchange 1 of views the government of the] I United States is prepared to send1 observers to the proposed confer- ( ence if this action is agreeable to1 the powers concerned. Without! participating in the negotiations of - the treaty of peace, these observers, would be able to indicate this gov- j ernment's position in greater de tail than is possible in this 'aide j memoire' and they could also in ! form the American government of' I the attitude of other powers in j j matters where the re are mutual I j interests. "As the object in view in sub-! I mitting this suggestion is the elim- | jination of any possible cause of| j misunderstanding, it is consider-: led appropriate to call attention to| the attitude of the United States! in respect to secret treaties and agreements. It is not felt that: arrangements previously made j j with respect to Turkish territory,! ; which provide for the establish-! ! ment of zones of special commer- j j cial and economic influence, such.! j for example, as the tripartite (agreement of 1920. are consonant with the principle of the equality' of commercial opportunity. It is' assumed that the allied powers will hot now desire, and do not in tend to carry into effect previous I arrangements of this nature. "The United States has no de-1 sire to take any action which ? might embarrass the allied pow-j ers in the proper effort to secure'j peace. It desires nothing which need conflict with the interests of j other countries, if the principle of (ant> t be thy Country's. Thy God's and y, November 4, 1922 HOLES AND MEMBERS OF KIMMfED Says Both A r e to! Blame for Religious! j Bigotry and Com munity Hatred in! Kansas Town Great Bend, Kansas, Oct. 31.? fovernor Henry J. Allen, of Kan is in an election campaign ad ?ess continued his attacks on the lu Klux Klan here last night with plea of tranquillity and tolerance that the state might he spared *the horrors of a civil war." ] ^ His speech was a scathing de nunciation of religious bigotry and Community hatred, and denounced certain types of Catholics and Lemiers of the Klan in the same >reu t h. "You are both to blame." he as -rted. "You Catholics who go out id say 'I don't vote for a man rho is not a Catholic' I am going put my political activity behind Spy religion." I "You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. And you men who join this Klan and say 'there is an or der which exists for the preserva tion of white supremacy and to save us from the Catholic church.' You ought to be ashamed, honest ly, you ought to be ashamed." I "I appear here in this beautiful town, which is the best exhibition of the courage of Americans that you could find anywhere, and I Tin dmen hating one another, this man being hated because he is a Catholic and that man because he is a Ciansman, and four commun ity is torn with the things our fathers gave their lives to get rid of * ** religious bigotry, togeth er with the quarrels about religious activities. ??Now as a fellow American hav ing the same impulses that you have, L am opposed to the Klan be cause it suggests terrorism and outlawry. I am not against your organization because you do not like the Catholic Church." v He explained that he did not like the Klan's attitude toward some community questions, nor the man-' ner in which its activities were said to be carried out. It was not a personal matter, he said. "I am not a Catholic. I m. a. Methodist/* he said. . . After drawing a comparison be tween conditions in;: Kansas and. Ireland 'and telling of, requests .his office has received from men that they be allowed to arm themselves, ("because they were frightened," t^. governor Risked, "do. you want turned loose in this state the hor rors of a civil war?" "God forbid such a war. And yet what can you suggest to the negroes of the state, in some com munities of which there are thou sands, when the old Ku Klux Klan that terrified them fifty years ago is again riding at night? Can you expect th< m not to protect them selves ? "Irelar.'i is fighting over a quar rel that is 800 years old, but we curbed it in America when we wrote into the constitution that all men should have the right to wor ship God according to their own ideas. "You Catholics should quit say ing no man may hold office by your suffrage until he is a Cath olic. It isn't worthy of you. It isn't worthy of an American or the American historyy. Let's get on the basis of honor, love and decency." SALESMAN IS UPHELD Judge Rules Against License Fees for Outside Firms Columbia, Oct. 31.?License fees can not be collected by the city of Columbia from persons soliciting business for firms outside the state. Judge M. S. Whaley, of the Rich land county court, held in decid ing today in favor of J. R. Krk land, in a suit against the city. Judge Whaitsy declared that inter state laws apply to trade between this state and others and as a1 consequence, a license fee can not be legally collected. Kirkland i claimed he was taking orders for an article shipped from Chicago by; parcel post to the purchasers, and that the $3 cash payment he re ceived with the order was in the form of a guarantee of good faith. Cleveland, Nov. 1.?Fifteen men, women and children left here to day on a special train for New York to be deported. In the party were two men convicted of viola tion of the Mann act. and another who had completed a sentence for slaying his wife. =============================== commercial opportunity for all na tions is recognized at the outset. The 1'nited States has no inten tion of seeking for itself or its na tionals a position of special privi lege but it desires to protect its rights and to assure the open door. Finally it wishes to afford protec tion to its citizens who wish to con tinue the humanitaran work which has been carried on for generations in the Near East and is rendered more essential than ever by the present conditions. Truth's." PARTY Brains of Republican Party Calls All of His Astuteness into Play in Plea to Pub lic Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 31.?De claring that in the present cam paign the Democratic leaders are waging "a futile controversy with no promise of achievement/' Sec retary of State Hughes asked the voters of the country in an address i here tonight to uphold the hands of President Harding by returning to office those who have helped to write the administration's rec ord of accomplishments. In every field, foreign and do mestic, ,Mr. Hughes said, the ad ministration officials had correctly interpreted and carried into effect the desires of the American peo jple. ' ? ? . - 4 - "And as we pay our just trib I ute of appreciation and esteem to I the leadership of the president," jhe continued, "so we invite con fidence in those who have faith I fully worked with him and made (success possible." [ The secretary praised in partic ular Senator Frelinghuyseh, who is (seeking re-election in New Jersey, land declared the senator's "ex [perience in affairs, indefatigability, and intimate knowledge of what American prosperity demands has been of the greatest aid to the ad ministration." "When this administration came into power," said Mr. Hughes, "ev er? one was talking o? the difficul ty, if not the impossibility of its task. It saddened our friends of the opposing party to think of what we could do. But we have gone forward so .successfully and swift ly with on'i accomplishment after another that our opponents are compelled to resort to false is sues, which can not serve them. In every position they take you will observe that they seek a futile con troversy with no promise of achievement; the administration has sought"-^chieyement . with ? minimum of controversy. "You wanted the revival of busi ness. . You have it. Instead of op erating at less than 60 per cent, of. capacity, industry is now operat ing, at about * 00 er cent of .. ca [ pacity, which means the top le vel .of useful work, an enormous ?"Un, "You wanted temperment. . A '.year, and a half ago we had about [ 5,000,000 ? unemployed. Now we have no i problem of unemploy ment. The serious question con fronting .busfihfes, industry and ag riculture is how to get the neces sary labor to meet its needs. "You wanted reduction in taxes. Congress has reduced taxes over $800,000,000, reductions which have benefited every one. "You wanted a reduction in the enormous debt which had been ac cumulated during and after the war. The debt has been reduced by over $1,000,000,000. "You wanted economy in govern ment. For the year ending June 30, 1920. our public expenditures aggregated $6.403,343,000, a year later $5.115,920,000: for the fiscal year 1922, $3,373,607,000. "You wanted protection for American industry. You have it. This country has never been will ing to abandon the protective pol icy. "You wanted an American policy in foreign affairs. You desired ade quate protection of American inter ests abroad, freedom being en meshed in European policies and rivalries into which we never ought I to be drawn; you wished a candid and direct diplomacy which did not promise what it could not perform and did not threaten where it did not intend to execute. This you have had. "You wanted peace. The com mercial interests of the country de pended upon peace, and we made peace, without sacrificing our in terests or detracting from the in terests of those with whom we had been associated in the war. "We have given the best of our co-operation. In the Far East there is a new atmosphere of mutual respect and confidence instead of suspicion and apprehension. We have stopped the competition in na val armament, bringing the great powers together in the happiest cooperation that has taken place since the war. In Latin America we have been constantly endeavor ing to facilitate stability and peaceful adjustment. In most ev ery country American money is be ing invested to help productive en terprise. "Thus we are putting our house in order, reducing expenses, stop ping wasteful outlays, maintaining sound principles of international intercourse. "You can not get adequate pro tection to American industry from a Democratic administration," Mr. Hughes added. "On the other hand if you wis hto know what demo cratic business men really think of the tariff now established, read the letter which John H. Kirby, lead ing Democrat, president of the Southern Tariff association, has ad dressed to President Harding. He represents an association composed largely of Democrats in the south THE TRUE SOL"] AMERICAN I COTTON IN j WORLD TRADE I ?:? Continued Supremacy in Markets Depends Upon High Quality and Low Price I - j Washington, Oct. 30.?Continued supremacy of American cotton ii< ; world trade is dependent upon the ! production of cotton of high qual ity at relatively low cost, according j :o the United States department of l agriculture in its 1921 year book just published. *? Production of high quality can b continued or restored through the adoption of proved varieties anc the establishment of a single varie ty in communities whece superior. I varieties of cotton can be kept I pure, it is said. The custom among [growers of planting many differer* j varieties in the same locality, the i practice of using ordinary "gin jrun"' seed for planting and the popular idea that cotton varietie.' "run out" are also touched upon. The fact, is the writers assert, that many times locally selected seed of good varieties has proved bette? than the new stock and that sonv. .of the best known varieties hav< I been grown continuously in th' jsame districts for many years with |no indication of "running out" a. I long as isolation, selection anc I clean ginning were maintained. Concerning the boll weevil, it i jsaid that a profitable crop of cot | ton may. be raised' by adopting certain measures which will con trol the pest under ordinary cir cumstances. The use of calciun. iarsenate in dry dust form, .which ? has proved fairly successful* is rec jommended. Other protective meas ures are the "fall destruction of the j cotton plants, either by burning I or by plowing under, the use o: I early maturing Varieties of cotton j planting early, in the spring to gel ?the erojy well along before the" j weevils have become numerous ? enough to be. destructive. Regarding cost of production th^ i department says that the gr?wei j who knows his own actual cost ol I production and has average stand fard figures to compare with^^his I own is in a fair way to stop small ; leaks in. his .expenses and to rein ' force those features of his practic* in which he.has an advantage.. Jx . planning cropping systems, farmer ,'are urged not only to proviJe ?.c i sufficient acreage of corn, sm?i j grains, hay and other feed crop: j to feed pigs, chickens, the far:: stock, and the family [also to build upland maintain soil j fertilizer to get the best return: from the lartd used and the capi I tal and labor expended. The article is the most com plete economic discussion of the cotton crop ever attempted by the j department of agriculture. It has ; been prepared by a group of the nation's leading agronomists and . agricultural economists connected I with the department. ? o ? v: j GIGANTIC COAL DEAL i - ' Ford Involved in Fifteen Million Dollar Transaction j Pittsburgh, Nov. 1.?More than . thirty thousand acres of land con taining a hundred and eighty, mil I lion tons of bituminous coal is in i volyed in a deal which is repor .ed j in process of negotiation between i Henry Ford and the Wayne Coal j Company of Pittsburgh. The price i is unofficially estimated at fifteen j million dollars. "-"?" . i Nothing tickles a stay-at-home ; more than seeing tourists broke. I without which the Democratic j party would not function, and he says: "There are doubtless inequal j ities and discriminations in the i law recently enacted?to think oth erwise would be to assume hu man infallibility?but we have come jas Southerners, the representa j tives of industry in a loyal and j tremendously important section of ; our common country, to say to you ! that in our judgment the Fordney I McCumber tariff measure is as a J whole a just measure and capable j of promoting thrift throughout the j land and the contentment and hap ! piness of our people everywhere.* I He adds that when the emergency tariff act was passed under the present administration 'the provis . ions of that law put their indus ; tries upon their feet in the sense j that they were able to survive, and in the passage of the final act the j door of hope has been opened* for which these leading Democrats ex 1 pressed their grateful acknowledg ment to the president and the con gress. j "The most important point, how j ever, as I view it, not beir%' an ex pert in tariff subjects, is that pro ; vision has been made for needed elasticity so that without the de lays and uncertainties incident to a j new tariff measure an expert body ! constantly giving the most intelli 'gent attention to the problems can j advise the president of changes in j conditions and by appropriate ex ecutive action these can appro priately be met by changes in rates." VOL. Oil. NO. 24 ?EM?N RAILROAD CHANGES HANDS Foreign Representa tive Relinquish the Control to Old Di rectors When Allied Governments With draw Washington. Oct. SO.?With drawal of allied troops from -Sifeecrjfe ,has been followed' by relinquished control of the Chinese Eastern railway on the part of the- Amer ican. British, French, Italian ant Japanese ' governments through their representatives on the inter allied committee at Vladivostok and the technical board at Harbin, Each of the five governments,, it vas announced "today at the state department, has instructed its .rep resentatives on the two^commis sions to conclude'their affairs and immediately terminate further ac tivities, leaving future'' manage ment of the railway in t?ie^hand3 ?f its board of directors. It was recalled in connection ith the announcemerft' that- con^ ideration had been given: the Chi lese Eastern raiiway Question dur ng the Washington conference and xt that time suggestions had been .ade to the Chinese government" hat Jt would be'advisable for it to nvite the continued cooperation of the five nations in niaintaiftftilg and operating the railway as a trust, .ending the reestablishmeht of a Recognized government in RusSJd md a final disposition of the rafi vay's affairs! Failure of the Ch7 lese government to extend the ;hr -itation In .accordance with these ;uggest;pns it was indicated oflt ?j-ally, had been followed, fcy the-al ! led action ; announced today.: , .Formal-.notification of "the de vision of zhih; country to relinquish !. ohfrol. of the railway in company i v'Uh.'the four other'- government*j* ; =yas coh*ained in a note made pub lic by the' state / departrient and jabled by. minister Schurman for delivery to the Chinese foreign of ice at; Peking The note made it ? >Iain,^??ex?it... t??^h^a?ashi ag on government, reaffirmed* **its-eon> |,<*rn -in; ,.*ite preservation of the ^hme'se- Eastern railway with -lew to its - Ultimate v return to hose. wkh-in^ereKts without impair ing -any existing rights, as- weh ? * Its continued interest in th*e effi cient operation of the railway and its niamtenanee as a free avenue of commerce open to the citizens of 311 countries without favor or dis crimination.*?' / It was also pointed out that the American government "w ill not fail to continue to boserve carefully the 4dministta4ibn and oi>eration of he railway and the manner in which the.government of China dis charges the/obligations which it has ? issumed." The notfe also assured the Chi nese government that the United .tates Was ready to assist or--co operate: with the Chinese govern ment and the other powers at'any time in any .practical way with a /iew to conserving the railway rnd assuring its- efficient opera ion. . Hjursejr Building: Destroyed by Fire Business Section of l^lcreucc ^ is "Endangered "Florence, Oct. 30.?The business section of Florence was endanger ed when the thiid floor of the Hursey building was .burned' out and the two floors below flooded vvith water ;at an early hour ?h?s ;.-orning. ; Luke- Reel, who coii ,.-.cts a dancing studio , on the i-.-rd floor and sleeps in the rear or the halH told' firemen he barely escaped by jumaing $rom the window'ont?. a roof below. The Ir? is said to have been caused by explosion of an oil stove. The? building is owned by S. GoodsteTn. His losses, as well as those of th> other occupants of the building are covered by. insurance. TO CLOSE WAREHOUSES Cooperatives to Wind Up Season Next Friday Darlington, Oct. 30.?The co-op erative tobacco warehouses ah nounce that after a most success ful season they will close for this year on Friday, November 3. A steady stream of tobacco has pour ed in daily, and the results hav^ greatly ,surpassed all expectations, it is stated. The marketing was done under entirely changed conditions, and these had to be what is known as "?-adical." The most conservative member of the producer's-associa tion wilt probably cheerfully ad mit that the more radical the changes the greater the depart ture from old-time methods of selling the crop, the better for the tobacco growers. It is scarcely possible for a business of such magnitude to un dergo such complete changes with so little friction, and with such overwhelming measure of satisfac tion* it is stated. ...v